PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE?

10 sentences to check where you stand. Complete them without peeking at the book!


Fill the gaps with either the present perfect or the past simple.


  1.  Renee _______________ (catch) the plane to Mexico at 10 o'clock this morning.

  2.  Who _______________ (invent) the Internet?

  3.  Steve _______________(be) very low since he ______________ (lose) his job a month ago.

  4.  When ________________ (they/get) here?

  5.  George lives in California.  He _______________ (live) there for almost twenty years.

  6.  Pam used to work for the United Nations.  She _______________ (work) there for twenty years.

  7.  Where _______________(you/be born)?

  8.  _________________ (you/ever/see) the Rolling Stones in concert?

  9.  I _________________ (not/go) to the gym much lately.  I don't have the time!

  10.  Kelly and her family _______________ (move) to Scotland when she ______________ (be) six.